The Blackstone Group L.P. (BX) Ex-Dividend Date Scheduled for February 06, 2014

By: NASDAQ.com News

Posted: 2/5/2014 9:00:00 AM

Referenced Stocks: AMP;BEN;BX

The Blackstone Group L.P. (
BX
) will begin trading ex-dividend on February 06, 2014. A cash
dividend payment of $0.58 per share is scheduled to be paid on
February 18, 2014. Shareholders who purchased BX stock prior to the
ex-dividend date are eligible for the cash dividend payment. This
represents an 152.17% increase over the prior quarter.

The previous trading day's last sale of BX was $31.92,
representing a -4.46% decrease from the 52 week high of $33.41 and
a 81.06% increase over the 52 week low of $17.63.

BX is a part of the Finance sector, which includes companies
such as Franklin Resources, Inc. (
BEN
) and AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC. (
AMP
). BX's current earnings per share, an indicator of a company's
profitability, is $1.98. Zacks Investment Research reports BX's
forecasted earnings growth in 2014 as -48.62%, compared to an
industry average of 8.7%.